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What’s at stake in special educational needs reform

A campaign – backed by celebrities including actress Sally Phillips and broadcaster Chris Packham as well as MPs – is calling on the government not to scrap or reduce education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

The Conversation

Some parents of special school pupils in England spending £5,000 on EHCPs

Sutton Trust’s research reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate Send system, as ministers plan overhaul

The Guardian - UK

DfE should establish national standards for Send provision, MPs say

Reducing EHCP entitlement would be ‘the wrong place for the Government to start reforming’ the Send system, the Education Committee chairwoman said.

The Independent UK

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Special needs overhaul risks becoming ‘welfare reforms mark 2’, IFS finds

Thinktank says EHCP changes are overdue, but government must convince parents that reforms are not about cost cutting

The Guardian - UK

Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater

Education, health and care plans have been invaluable for my children. Hints they could be scrapped fill me with fear, says TV presenter Carrie Grant

The Guardian - UK

Proper support for children with special educational needs can lead to successful outcomes

Letters: One size does not fit all, writes Rachel Taylor; Susan Hailes says her child was able to go on to achieve a first-class degree; plus a letter from Dick Quibell

The Guardian - UK

‘Without support, my son would not be here’: Mother’s plea over feared cuts to SEND

Renata Watts says her son would have been failed without a legal support plan, as Labour faces backlash over SEND reforms

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Labour must keep EHCPs in Send system, says education committee chair

Helen Hayes says commitment would help rebuild trust among parents in England worried about children’s future

The Guardian - UK

Children with special educational needs at risk of losing school support

Thousands of pupils could be forced out of mainstream education if the government scraps education, health and care plans (EHCPs), campaigners say

The Independent UK

VAT on private school fees is discriminatory, high court told

Legal action claims policy breaches rights of children with SEN whose requirements cannot be met by UK state schools

The Guardian - UK

‘Ticking timebomb’: how Send spending could bankrupt English councils

Guardian analysis lays bare a neglected system that is ruinously expensive, and often fails children and parents

The Guardian - UK

‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schools

Staff and parents share their experience as number of pupils with special educational needs spirals

The Guardian - UK

Spiralling demand and shrinking budgets: why England’s Send system is buckling

No quick fix for a system that is failing children and parents and pushing councils into insolvency

The Guardian - UK

Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’

Financial pressures mean many councils are reluctant to issue top-up funding from high-needs budgets, say experts

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Evening Standard

Mother awarded £3,000 after daughter missed school term due to council errors

A Bromley mum has been given over £3,000 by the council after her child missed school for a term.

The Conversation

Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it

The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.

The Guardian - UK

‘He is thriving now; a different child’: the battle to educate neurodivergent pupils

Parents of children with additional needs in England endure endless bureaucracy, but help is out there – and it is worth the fight

The Hindu

Does the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana need a design change?

Hospitals in some States have reported they are owed hundreds of crores in dues, and some are reportedly turning away or taking in fewer Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana patients

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The Guardian - UK

One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

How the system is rigged against children with special educational needs

Letter: Rebecca Lucas on the myriad reasons why families – and schools – are struggling to find support for children

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of children with special needs wait a year for support in England

In some areas young people have been waiting more than two years for plan detailing help they require, FoI reveals

The Guardian - UK

180 pupils a day in England given special needs support plan

Local authority deficits reach ‘unmanageable levels’ as half a million pupils get support

Manchester Evening News

Two families receive payout after council's 'failures' towards special educational needs children

Bury Council has apologised to the parents in both cases and said they have 'learned and responded' to the failings

Daily Mirror

Boy, 12, misses 7 months of school because of council error that left him without a place

James Yalçın, from East London, has missed the past academic year of classroom learning after an error at Waltham Forest Council over his special educational needs

Wales Online

Autistic child's family compensated after 'irreparable damage'

The council has been ordered to pay the family compensation due to delays in his education

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